Combined stalk puller and cutter.



No. 802,310. PATENTED 00w. 17,1905. D. L. PALMER.

COMBINED STALK FULLER AND CUTTER. APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 26. 19M.

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PATENTED OCT. 17, 1905.

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Patented Oct. 17, 1905.

Application filed September 26, 1904. Serial No. 226,089-

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Be it known that l, DAVIED LAFAYETT PALMER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Madison, in the county of Madison and State ofFlorida,have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined StalkFuller and Cutter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined stalk puller and cutter; and theobject thereof is to construct an agricultural machine of such classwhich shall be simple in its construction, strong, durable, efficient inits use, and comparatively inexpensive to set up.

With the foregoing and other objects in View the invention consists ofthe novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morespecifically described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, andparticularly pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail referonce is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and whereinlike reference characters denote corresponding parts thereof and theseveral views, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine of theclass referred to constructed. in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan; Fig. 1, atransverse section on line 1 1 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is asectionaldetail showing the manner of securing the pullers to their drum.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, the machine embodiesaframe consisting of three longitudin ally-extending bars. (Designatedby the reference characters 1, 2, and 3.) The bars 1 and 2 are termedthe outer bars and the bar 3 the intermediate bar, the latter beingarranged nearer the bar 2 than the bar 1. One end of the bars 1 2 3 isfixedly secured to the horizontallyextending end bar 4: by the holdfastdevices 5.

Arranged and operating between the bars 1 3 is the pulling means and thecutting means, both of which constitute a part of the invention. Thepulling means is arranged near the front end of the bars 1 2 andconsists of a drum 6, carrying a series of rows of pullers 7. Theselatter are arranged upon the drum 6 in staggered relation with respectto each other and are substantially W-shaped with beveled edges. Thepullers 7 are secured to the drum 6 through the medium ofhorizontally-extending bars 8, a bar 8 for each row of pullers 7, andthe said bars 8 are fixedly secured to the drum 6 and are provided withopenings 9, through which extend the pullers 7. The drum 6 is carried bya rotatable shaft 10, which finds hearings in the boxes 11, 12, and 13,the box 11 being secured to the underneath face of the bar 1, the box 12being secured to the underneath face of the bar 3 and the box 13 to theunderneath face of the bar 2, the shaft 10 being of such length as toextend from the bar 1 to the bar 2. Mounted between the bars 2 and 3 isa gear-wheel 1 1, adapted. to be rotated when the machine has motionapplied thereto and when rotated revolves the shaft 10, which, carryingthe drum 6 therewith, causes the operation of the pullers 7. It may bewell to state that the pullers 7 extend at an angle of thirty-fivedegrees with respect to the axis of the drum 6. Such an arrangementfacilitates the operation of the pullers during the act of pulling thestalk. The gear-wheel 141 is operated through the medium of a gear-wheel15, fixed upon a rotatable short shaft 16, which finds hearings in theboxes 17 and 18, carried on the underneath face of the bars 2 and 3. Theshaft 16 is operated through the medium of a sprocketwheel 20, carriedthereby and separated from the wheel 15 through the medium of the disk19, and said sprocket-wheel 20 is operated by means of an endless chain21, engaging and operated by a sprocket-wheel 22, carried by a rotatableshaft, upon which is mounted the revoluble cutting means. The shaftwhich carries the cutting means and said cutting means will behereinafter referred to. When motion is imparted to the machine, thecutting means is revolved, carrying the shaft therewith, which willimpart motion to the sprocket-wheel 22, the latter operating the chain21, the latter operating the sprocketwheel 20, which in turn will rotatethe shaft 16 and gear-wheel 15, and as the latter meshes with thegear-wheel 14:, as well as rotates it, the shaft 10 will be revolved,thereby operating the pullers 7. The gear and sprocket wheels areinclosed by asuitable casing, which is indicated by the referencecharacter 23.

The cutting means is arranged at the rear of the frame and consists of apair of drums or cylinders 24 25. These drums or cylinders 2 1 25 areinterposed between the bars 1 and 3 and are each provided with a seriesof radially extending cuttingblades 26 of a length substantially equalto that of their respective drum or cylinder. The drum 24: is

fixed upon the rotatable shaft 27, and the drum 25 is loosely mountedupon the shaft 27. The shaft 27 finds bearings in the boxes 28, 29, and30, the box 28 being suspended from the underneath face of the' bar 1,the box 29 being suspended from the underneath face of the bar 3, andthe box 30 being suspended from the underneath face of the bar 2. Thesprocket-wheel 22 is mounted upon that part of the shaft 27 which isarranged between the bars 2 and 3. By providing the two drums in themanner set forth it has been found to obtain a more satisfactoryworking.

At the rear of the frame of the machine and upon the upper face thereofis arranged a dashboard 31 to protect the driver, and at the rear ofsaid dashboard 31 the seat-post 32 is secured to the frame, and saidseat-post 32 carries the seat 33.

The forward end of the machine is open, and the bars which constitutethe frame are connected together through the medium of an arch-shapedbrace member 34, secured, as at 35, to the forward end of the bar 1, asat 36 to the forward end of the bar 3, and, as at 37, to the forward endof the bar 2. By such an arrangement the bars upon that portion of theshaft 10 which extends between 1, 2, and 3 are connected together attheir forward ends. Secured to the forward end of the bars 2 3, at thelower face thereof, is an upwardly and forwardly extending support 38,which has a portion of its length bent inwardly, as at 39, and thenforwardly, as at 40, to form one of the hounds. Secured to theunderneath face of the forward end of the bar 1 and projecting upwardlyand forwardly is the support 41, having a portion of its length bentinwardly, as at 42, and then forwardly, as at 43, to form the other ofthe hounds. The support 41 is substantially of the same contour as thesupport 38. That portion of the supports 38 and 41 which forms thehounds is provided with apertures 43 to permit of attaching the tongueof the machine thereto. The supports 38 and 41 are reinforced and bracedthrough the medium of the members 44 and 45, the former being secured atits upper end to the portion 39 of the support 38 and at its lower endto the upper face of the bar 3, and the latter is secured at its forwardend to a portion 42 of the support and at its lower end to the upperface of the bar 1. Intermediate the ends of members 44 45 they arefixedly secured, as at 46, to the horizontally -extending portion of thearcl shaped member 34. Between that portion of the supports 38 and 41which form the hounds is fixedly secured an apertured block 47, throughwhich extends the upper end of the goose-neck-shaped hanger 48 for thecasterwheel 49. The upper end of the hanger 48 is adjustably connectedto the block 47 through the medium of the nuts 50. By such anarrangement the caster-wheel 49 can be vertically adjusted so as to tiltthe frame, consequently bringing the pulling means closer or away fromthe ground as occasion requires.

From the foregoing description and illustration it is thought that theoperation of the machine can be readily understood; but it will bestated that when the machine moves in forward direction the pullingmeans pulls the stalks and throws them in the path of the cutting means,and the latter cuts the stalk. The manner in which the pulling means andcutting means are operated has heretofore been referred to.

It is thought the many advantages of a combined stalk puller and cutterconstructed in accordance with the foregoing description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, can be readily understood,and it will furthermore be evident that changes, variations, andmodifications can be resorted to without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and Itherefore do not wish to restrict myself to the details of constructionhereinbefore described and as shown in the accompanying drawings, butreserve the right to make such changes, variations, and modifications ascome properly within the scope of the protection prayed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An agricultural machine of the character described, embodying astalk-pulling means consisting of a rotatable member provided with aseries of peripheral grooves, pulling members mounted in said groovesand provided with shoulders, said pulling members in one groove mountedin a staggered manner with respect to the pulling members in theadjacent groove, and a bar secured over each of said grooves and adaptedto engage the shoulders of the pulling members for securing said membersin position.

2. An agricultural machine of the character described, embodying astalk-pulling means consisting of a rotatable member provided with aseries of peripheral grooves, beveled V-shaped pulling members mountedin said grooves and provided with shoulders, said pulling members in onegroove mounted in a staggered manner with respect to the pulling membersin the adjacent groove, and a bar secured over each of said grooves andadapted to engage the shoulders of the pulling members for securing saidmembers in position.

3. An agricultural machine of the character described, embodying astalk-pulling means consisting of a rotatable member provided withaseries of peripheral grooves,rearwardlyprojecting members mounted insaid grooves and provided with shoulders, said pulling members in onegroove mounted in a staggered manner with respect to the pulling membersin the adjacent groove, and a bar and stalk-cutting means together so asto cause the simultaneous operation of the stalk-pulling means with thestalk-cutting means.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. I5

DA'VIED LA'FAYETT PALMER.

Witnesses:

ABIAL VVINN, A. T. MAQINTYRE.

